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diff --git a/Tools/audiopy/README b/Tools/audiopy/README index a49c75e..1cf3d56 100644 --- a/Tools/audiopy/README +++ b/Tools/audiopy/README @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Version: 0.1 Introduction - Audiopy is a program to control the Solaris audio device, allowing - you to set both the input and output devices. It can be run - either as a standalone command-line script, or as a Tkinter based - GUI application. + Audiopy is a program to control the Solaris audio device, allowing + you to choose both the input and output devices, and to set the + output volume. It can be run either as a standalone command-line + script, or as a Tkinter based GUI application. Note that your version of Python must have been built with the sunaudiodev module enabled. It is not enabled by default however! @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Introduction devices: the headphone jack, the speakers, or the line-out jack. You can enable any combination of these three devices. + You can also set the output gain (volume) level. + Running as a GUI Simply start audiopy with no arguments to start it as a Tkinter @@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ Running as a GUI Alt-q is also an accelerator for selecting Quit from the File menu. - No unsupported devices will appear in the GUI. When run as a GUI, - audiopy monitors the audio device and automatically updates its - display if the state of the device is changed by some other - means. In pre-Python 1.5.2 this is done by occasionally polling - the device, but in Python 1.5.2 no polling is necessary (you don't + Unsupported devices will appear dimmed out in the GUI. When run + as a GUI, audiopy monitors the audio device and automatically + updates its display if the state of the device is changed by some + other means. In Python 1.5.2 this is done by occasionally polling + the device, but in Python 1.5.2 no polling is necessary (you don't really need to know this, but I thought I'd plug 1.5.2 :-). Running as a Command Line Program @@ -85,7 +87,13 @@ Running as a Command Line Program % ./audiopy -s=0 -p=1 -c - Audiopy understands two other command line options: + Audiopy understands these other command line options: + + --gain volume + -g volume + Sets the output volume to the specified gain level. This must + be an integer between MIN_GAIN and MAX_GAIN (usually [0..255], + but use the -h option to find the exact values). --version -v |